Hafez · Ghazal 225 · Saqi, the talk is of cypress and rose
ساقی حدیث سرو و گل و لاله می‌رودوین بحث با ثلاثه غساله می‌رود
می ده که نوعروس چمن حد حسن یافتکار این زمان ز صنعت دلاله می‌رود
شکرشکن شوند همه طوطیان هندزین قند پارسی که به بنگاله می‌رود
طی مکان ببین و زمان در سلوک شعرکاین طفل یک شبه ره یک ساله می‌رود
آن چشم جادوانه عابدفریب بینکش کاروان سحر ز دنباله می‌رود
از ره مرو به عشوه دنیا که این عجوزمکاره می‌نشیند و محتاله می‌رود
باد بهار می‌وزد از گلستان شاهوز ژاله باده در قدح لاله می‌رود
حافظ ز شوق مجلس سلطان غیاث دینغافل مشو که کار تو از ناله می‌رود
Spring has come into full bloom, and the talk is all of roses and tulips. This ghazal tells you that your words and efforts can travel further than you think: a poem written in one night crossed a year's road and sweetened a distant court. If you have something to say or to offer, send it out; it may reach people you have never met. Only beware of the world's flattery, which promises much and keeps little. Stay on your road, speak your longing sincerely, and trust that an honest plea carries its own weight.
Saqi, the talk is of the cypress, the rose and the tulip,
and the debate goes on over the three morning cups.
Give wine, for the meadow's young bride has reached the height of beauty;
now the work goes forward by the go-between's art.
All the parrots of India will turn to cracking sugar
at this Persian candy that is travelling to Bengal.
See how place and time are folded up on poetry's journey:
this child of a single night travels a year's road.
Look at that bewitching eye that beguiles the devout,
with a caravan of magic following the tail of its line.
Do not leave the road for the world's coquetry, for this old crone
sits down as a schemer and gets up as a cheat.
The spring wind is blowing from the king's rose garden,
and with the dew, wine flows into the tulip's cup.
Hafez, in longing for the gathering of Sultan Ghiyas al-Din,
do not be heedless, for your work goes forward by lament.